Planning Classroom Management: A Five-Step Process to Creating a Positive Learning Environment - Softcover

Bosch, Karen A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 141293768X ISBN 13: 9781412937689

Publisher: Corwin, 2006

Synopsis

 

Increase student learning with an effective classroom management plan! 

This resource helps teachers develop classroom management plans tailored to their specific needs and skills. The author presents a five-step process that includes introspection, observation, plan development, implementation, and plan revision. This unique field-tested book also covers:

• Worksheets with questions to guide each step of the process
• Ample vignettes and examples
• Numerous strategies for organization, discipline, classroom operation, and instruction
• Tips for working with diverse students

About this title

About the Author:

Karen Bosch, Ph.D. is a professor of education and the Director of Teacher Education at Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk, Virginia. She has been awarded the Most Inspiring Faculty Award from Old Dominion University and most recently has become the recipient of the Virginia Wesleyan College’s Batten Distinguished Faculty Award for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and passion for inspiring others. Karen has also written the book, The First Year Teacher, which prepares and supports beginning teachers in their first year and more. She has published articles in Middle School Journal, Current Issues in Middle Level Education, Clearing House, Journal of Computing in Education, and Journal of Research on Computing in Education. As an educational consultant, she conducts seminars and workshops on classroom management and effective teaching practices. She has presented her research and her teacher preparation program models at conferences nationwide. She was formerly a public school teacher and administrator.

Review:

"Provides a very practical, step by step approach to developing a management plan that works! Using this plan with varying experience levels provides a great collaborative setting for wonderful sharing of ideas. Teachers take suggestions and develop their plan to fit their beliefs and styles." -- Linda Scott, Principal Published On: 2005-11-07

"A well-organized text that helps prospective teachers learn about classroom management. Provides excellent worksheets for each phase of learning how to teach in a well-managed classroom and offers suggestions and explanations each step of the way." -- Lynn Seltzer, Director of Field Experiences Published On: 2005-10-27

"This book is a must for any teacher who would like the day-to-day activities in a classroom to become automatic. I like this book because it allows the teacher to use her personality and strengths in planning the classroom management plan." -- Rebecca Rawls, Preservice Teacher Published On: 2005-11-01

"This is an essential tool for the beginning teacher. It covers everything from bulletin boards to the grading plan, and gives the new teacher plenty of creative freedom for building their classroom management plan." -- Liv Marie Switzer, Student Teacher Published On: 2005-11-02

"This is a clearly-written, tightly organized, well-researched book that can be very useful for teachers and school administrators in search of an effective classroom management process. Its strength is in the five step process it introduces and subsequently develops in chapters dedicated to each of the steps." -- Francisco Guajardo, Assistant Professor Published On: 2005-12-01

"Planning Classroom Management offers a wealth of concrete and specific examples, models , and directions. Any teacher or prospective teacher who reads this should be able to develop a Classroom Management Plan and implement it." -- Frances Fowler, Professor & Director of Graduate Studies Published On: 2005-12-01

"This book would be very useful for preservice teachers, beginning teachers, and any teacher struggling with classroom management. Each chapter can easily be used for text discussion purposes for professional development for an entire faculty." -- Arlene C. Miguel, Principal Published On: 2005-12-01

About this edition

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 141293768X
• ISBN 13: 9781412937689
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 176